Category Archives: Employment Law

1099 Versus W-2 Contractor

You’ve been laid off from your employer of several years and a few days after the lay off you get a call - “Do you want to come back as an independent contractor?”  Sounds great - you get to keep working with a company you are very familiar with, may get a little more freedom [...]

Are you a misclassified employee?

Here is a typical employee misclassification scenario.  An individual applies for job directly with a company.  The company invites the individual to come on as a “contract” employee because the need is short term, intending to classify him/her as a 1099 independent contractor for tax purposes.  The individual is not really set up as an [...]